[Publib] Money Talks, Principles Walk

[Robert L. Balliot]

Greetings,

 

Some of my friends went into JAG and I think they found it challenging along

with being an excellent opportunity to gain experience practicing law.  One
is

in the Green Zone right now.

 

Not everyone graduating from professional programs at Yale is wealthy or

privileged.   Law schools have sent out many, many attorneys into the world.

If they are able to find a firm to hire them, and people graduating at the
bottom

of their class at Yale might not, they might expect a starting salary of
$40K

a year.  Some may be lucky or connected or brilliant or have a special skill
set that makes

them more attractive to employers, but the bulk will have to pay a lot of
dues

to become successful.  And, many will leave the profession.

 

The military option pays fairly well, provides experience, and may very well
be

an attractive option to people saddled with $100,000 in debt or more for an

advanced degree.  

 

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Robert L. Balliot

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Skype: RBalliot

Bristol, Rhode Island

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm

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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:23 PM
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Subject: [Publib] Money Talks, Principles Walk

 

Well, it was getting rather civilized around here, nobody had used the
perjorative 'Nazi' for a day or so, so I figured it was a good thing that
this article came out in the NY Times:

 

"NEW HAVEN, Sept. 30 - For five years, Yale Law School has fought to
restrict military recruiters from its job fairs because of the Pentagon's
policy that bars openly gay or bisexual people from the military. But with
the federal government threatening to withhold $350 million in grants if the
university does not assist the recruiters, that fight will all but end on
Monday.  After an appeals court ruled in favor of the Defense Department on
Sept. 17, the law school said it would allow recruiters from the Air Force
and Navy to participate in a university-sponsored job interview program for
law students on Monday afternoon. For now, the legal battle to stop the
recruiters is over, said Robert A. Burt, a Yale law professor and the lead
plaintiff in the case."

Mind you, what the Yale folk are trying to prevent is their law school
kiddies going into something like the JAG Corps.  It's really rather a joke;
since there is virtually no chance that any Yale undergrad would go into the
enlisted ranks, they've got to raise hell about something.  And oh, what a
life of degradation and suffering it must be to be a military attorney.
Think of the paper cuts out in the field.  

M. McGrorty

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